Stump the machine
Ask about something your child already knows. Try to catch one weak or overconfident answer. Keep them in the evaluator's seat.
One week. Seven conversations.
A 7-day start. No curriculum. No panic.
One tiny conversation a day. The point is not coverage. The point is to make judgment a family habit before the tools become invisible.
Name the weather
Together, list three AI worries you cannot control and three things in the house you can. Put the second list on the fridge.
Draw the privacy line
List five things that never go into a tool: names of friends, addresses, passwords, private photos, family problems.
Help vs. outsourcing
Compare “explain this to me” with “do this for me.” Name the difference out loud. That is the whole week, in one distinction.
Own attempt first
Do one small hard thing without AI. Then, if it would actually help, open the tool only to critique or extend.
Watch the adults
Keep one presence zone machine-free — dinner, bedtime, or the first hour of morning. The kids are watching the posture, not the rule.
Pick one house rule
Choose one rule from the fridge sheet and keep it for a month. Write the expiry date — when you will talk about it again.